Buster: the Springer Spaniel who found a weapons cache in Iraq
Buster was a British military Springer Spaniel who located a hidden weapons cache in Safwan, Iraq, in March 2003 and later received…
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Dolly: the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell
Dolly was born at the Roslin Institute in 1996 as the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell, and was euthanised…
Appollo: the NYPD search dog honoured for 9/11 rescue dogs
Appollo was an NYPD German Shepherd search-and-rescue dog who reached the World Trade Center site soon after the towers fell and received…
Salty and Roselle: the guide dogs who led their handlers down the World Trade Center
On September 11, 2001, guide dogs Salty and Roselle led their handlers down more than 70 floors of the World Trade Center…
Nim Chimpsky: the chimpanzee whose name carried a language question
Nim Chimpsky was a chimpanzee used in Project Nim to test ape language learning, later becoming a key case in research ethics…
Lulu: the pot-bellied pig who sought help on the road
Lulu was a pot-bellied pig remembered for leaving her yard and lying in the road to alert a driver after her owner…
Binti Jua: the gorilla mother who carried an injured boy to rescuers
On August 16, 1996, at Brookfield Zoo in Illinois, a three-year-old boy climbed over a barrier and fell into the western lowland…
Scarlett: the Brooklyn mother cat who carried her kittens from a fire
On March 30, 1996, a fire broke out in an abandoned garage in Brooklyn, New York. Scarlett, a mother cat, was badly…
Jambo: the gentle giant who stood guard beside a fallen boy
On August 31, 1986, five-year-old Levan Merritt fell into the gorilla enclosure at Jersey Zoo and lost consciousness. As frightened visitors screamed,…
Red Dog: the Pilbara wanderer remembered by a whole region
Red Dog was a kelpie/cattle dog cross famous across Western Australia’s Pilbara region, travelling through mining towns and becoming a community mascot…
Black Jack: the riderless horse of U.S. military funerals
Black Jack served as the riderless horse of the U.S. Army’s Caisson Platoon and appeared in more than a thousand full-honors military…
Christian: the lion who went from a London shop to the wild
Christian was a captive-born lion purchased in London and later taken to Kenya for reintroduction with George Adamson, becoming famous through reunion…
Nemo A534: the Vietnam sentry dog who guarded his handler
Nemo A534 was a U.S. Air Force German Shepherd sentry dog in Vietnam who protected handler Robert Throneburg after both were wounded…
Wojtek: the bear who travelled with Polish soldiers
Wojtek was a Syrian brown bear adopted by Polish soldiers during World War II, later associated with the 22nd Artillery Supply Company…
Ham: the astrochimp aboard Mercury-Redstone 2
Ham flew aboard Mercury-Redstone 2 on January 31, 1961, surviving a 16-minute suborbital flight that tested whether a primate could perform tasks…